Heidi Ellison
Le Déci
The Hairdresser and the Absentee Owners A gramophone provides one large piece of the decor at Le Déci. You have to be careful with restaurants in Paris: they sometimes change owners without changing their names. Twice I have gone to … Read More
Le Printemps de la Renaissance: La Sculpture et les Arts à Florence 1400-1460
Sculptural Glories of the Renaissance Revisited Donatello’s “Pazzi Madonna” (c. 1420-25). © Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz/Antje Voigt Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz/Antje Voigt The Louvre’s sumptuous new exhibition, “The … Read More
Masculin/Masculin: L’Homme Nu dans l’Art de 1800 à Nos Jours
Off with the Fig Leaf: Baring the Male Body Paul Cézanne’s “Baigneurs” (c. 1890). © RMN (Musée d’Orsay)/Hervé Lewandowski After you leave the exhibition “Masculine/Masculine: The Male Nude in Art from 1800 to the Present,” don’t be surprised if you … Read More
Etrusques: Un Hymne à la Vie
Dead or Alive: A Fascinating Culture Antefix with the head of a maenad. Veio, late sixth century B.C.E. Su concessione della S.B.A.E.M. Museo Nationale Etrusco di Villa Giulia, Rome. Fabio Barbieri The rich culture of the Etruscans, the people who … Read More
Raymond Depardon: A Tender Moment
Around the World and Down on the Farm “Harar, Ethiopia, 2013.” © Raymond Depardon/Magnum Photos For someone who grew up on an isolated farm deep in the heart of France, Raymond Depardon has probably seen more of the world than … Read More
Auguste Perret: Huit Chefs d’Œuvre!/?
Concrete Beauty inMajestic Structures The Palais d’Iéna in Paris. Photo © Benoît Fougeirol Exhibitions on architecture are always problematic. How can the scope of an architect’s work be effectively communicated to nonprofessionals, who don’t necessarily know Favorite
Georges Braque
Beyond Cubism: The Whole Picture “Le Parc de Carrières-Saint-Denis” (1909-10). © Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza © Adagp, Paris 2013 “Georges Braque,” one of Paris’s blockbuster autumn art exhibitions, opening today at the Grand Palais, walks us through nearly the whole career of … Read More
Brassaï: Pour l’Amour de Paris
The Man Who Captured ‘The Beauty of Sinister Things’ Brassaï’s “Le Ruisseau qui Serpente” (1932-33). Brassaï is known as the master of night photography, and it is indeed those images that shine the brightest in the exhibition “Brassaï: For the … Read More
Angkor: Naissance d’un Mythe – Louis Delaporte et le Cambodge
The French ‘Discover’Khmer Civilization Cast of a bas-relief from Angkor Vat (early 10th century). © D.R. The first section of the exhibition “Angkor: Birth of a Legend – Louis Delaporte and Cambodia” at Paris’s Asian museum, the Musée Guimet, is … Read More
1925, Quand l’Art Déco Séduit le Monde
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know about Art Deco A Bugatti type 40 (1927) in front of the painting “Le Vin et la Vigne” (1925), by Jean Dupas. © Capa/Gaston Bergeret, 2013 The exhibition “1925: Art Deco Wins over the … Read More